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Read MoreThe global COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone on both physical and emotional levels. We polled our team of Creative Arts Therapists from The Art Therapy Project and The Art Therapy Practice to see how they are creatively coping with social distancing, self isolation, and this new era of uncertainty through a lens of creativity, mindfulness, and self care.
Read MoreThe stigma around mental health is an overarching issue in the field of therapy. There is a social stigma, which involves the prejudiced attitudes toward therapy, and there is a self-perceived stigma on the idea of receiving therapy.
Read MoreAs an art therapist, cultural sensitivity is extremely important. We all come from different backgrounds, values and belief systems, and providing a space free of judgement is crucial to creating an effective support system. However, we are all human and mistakes do happen. Art therapists need to be open, understanding and responsible for their actions, because it teaches clients to adapt a similar awareness to others.
Read MoreCan I do art therapy myself? Isn’t making art therapeutic therefore art therapy? The Art Therapy Project hears these questions all of the time and it’s important for us, as art therapists, to differentiate between art therapy and therapeutic art-making.
Read MoreThe recent surge of coloring books and their faulty marketing as a form of art therapy have sparked debate within the art therapy community and the public at large. We interviewed one of our art therapists, Suzanne Deisher, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, to get her insight on whether coloring books serve as a form of art therapy or serve as a therapeutic mechanism.
Read MoreThis fall, Rob Belgrod LCAT, ATR-BC will present his research with Dr. Ian Kwok from Mount Sinai Beth Israel on standard documentation in art therapy at the Canadian Art Therapy Association Annual Conference as well as the American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference.
Read MoreThe Art Therapy Project presents “Bridging the Gaps,” an exhibition to commemorate Pride month that showcases the works of our clients from the LGBTQ+ community. The art highlights the desire to bridge transitory spaces that exist within oneself, as well as those that still exist for the LGBTQ+ community within present day society as a whole.
Read MoreIn May, The Art Therapy Project will present their Annual Client Art Exhibition, which features artwork made by our clients in their group art therapy sessions. The exhibition is open to the public and serves as a rare opportunity for outsiders to learn more about the impact of art therapy.
Read MoreTo recognize Creative Arts Therapy Week, we interviewed art therapist, Rob Belgrod LCAT, ATR-BC about new and exciting research that TATP is conducting with Dr. Ian Kwok of Mount Sinai Hospital System.
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